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Query: EC:3.1.27.4 (ribonuclease)
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Plasma pancreatic-type Poly-C specific ribonuclease (P-RNase)-enzyme activity increases in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) who develop pancreatic necrosis and severe disease course. It is considered as a marker of pancreatic tissue destruction. The aim of this study was to estimate interrelations between major inflammatory cytokines such as: interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 8 (IL-8) and tumor necrosis factor soluble receptors: sTNFR55 and sTNFR75 output, and plasma P-RNase activity. The study was carried out in a group of 56 patients with AP, where 20 developed pancreatic necrosis. It was found that serum P-RNase concentration and levels of all studied inflammatory cytokines significantly increase already in the first day from diagnose of the disease (2.5 folds for P-RNase, 20 for IL-8, about 200 for IL-6 and 1.5 for receptors, respectively). In the first day from admission to hospital, P-RNase activity significantly correlated with plasma concentration of studied inflammatory cytokines. The most pronounced correlation was found for P-RNase and IL-6 in days 1-4 from diagnose, manifested by Pearson correlation r coefficients amounting to 0.86, 0.79, 0.60 and 0.57 respectively (p<0.001). Dividing the studied AP patients into two groups, varying in severity of disease a significant differences in P-RNase and IL-6, IL-8 and sTNFR55/sTNFR75 were found. In patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis P-RNase significantly correlate with levels of major inflammatory cytokines. Carried out studies suggest that activity of P-RNase reflects severity of inflammatory reaction, which is dependent on development of pancreatic injury and tissue necrosis in AP.
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PMID:Poly-C specific ribonuclease activity correlates with increased concentrations of IL-6, IL-8 and sTNFR55/sTNFR75 in plasma of patients with acute pancreatitis. 1456 81

Chemokines promote tumour progression by enhancing proliferation and modifying the immune response. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that CCL2 monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) contributes to the progression of colorectal cancer by influencing the number and distribution of tumour associated macrophages (TAMs). Chemokine expression was assessed in human colorectal adenocarcinomas by ribonuclease protection assay (RPA). Colonic adenocarcinoma cell lines were used to assess chemokine production by enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA), and Boyden microchemotaxis assays were performed to determine cell line supernatant monocyte chemotactic activity. CCL2 production was assessed in paraffin embedded tumour samples by immunohistochemistry. Finally, the number of macrophages and their distribution was determined in the same colorectal adenocarcinomas and compared with CCL2 expression and tumour stage. Results showed that CCL2 produced by cell lines induced monocyte chemoattraction, the expression of this chemokine in solid cancers increased with tumour stage (P < 0.05) and immunohistochemistry localized production to tumour cells. Analysis of the macrophage infiltrate showed that the accumulation was significantly greater in tumours than controls (P < 0.005) and within tumours it was greatest in necrotic regions (median 44,600 per mm(3)). Macrophage accumulation increased with tumour stage and correlated with CCL2 expression (r(s) = 0.8). CXCL8 interleukin 8 (IL-8), a potent angiogenic factor and growth factor, was expressed in all tumours and cell lines. It is concluded that CCL2 induces the accumulation of tumour promoting TAMs in human colorectal cancer and represents a therapeutic target to modify the macrophage response and direct immune mediated therapy.
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PMID:Chemokine expression is associated with the accumulation of tumour associated macrophages (TAMs) and progression in human colorectal cancer. 1739 Jan 11

The effect of exogenous RNA on many cellular functions has been studied in a variety of eukaryotic cells but there are few reports on macrophages. In the present study, it is demonstrated that cytoplasmatic RNA extracted from rat macrophages stimulated with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS), referred to as L-RNA, induced the release of TNF-alpha and IL-1 from monolayers of peritoneal resident macrophages. The activity of L-RNA was not altered by polymyxin B but was abolished by ribonuclease (RNase) pretreatment, indicating the absence of LPS contamination and that the integrity of the polynucleotide chain is essential for this activity. Both the poly A(-) and poly A(+) fractions obtained from L-RNA applied to oligo(dT)-cellulose chromatography induced TNF-alpha and IL-1 release. The L-RNA-induced cytokine release was inhibited by dexamethasone and seemed to be dependent on protein synthesis since this effect was abolished by cycloheximide or actinomycin-D. The LPS-stimulated macrophages, when pre-incubated with [5-(3)H]-uridine, secreted a trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitable material which was sensitive to RNase and KOH hydrolysis, suggesting that the material is RNA. This substance was also released from macrophage monolayers stimulated with IL-1beta but not with TNF-alpha, IL-6 or IL-8. The substance secreted ((3)H-RNA) sediments in the 4-5S region of a 5-20% sucrose gradient. These results show that L-RNA induces cytokine secretion by macrophage monolayers and support the idea that, during inflammation, stimulated macrophages could release RNA which may further induce the release of cytokines by the resident cell population.
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PMID:RNA from LPS-stirnulated macrophages induces the release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 by resident macrophages. 1847 60


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